Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bear_v	truth_n	witness_n	3,073	5	8.6773	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43470	The speech and deportment of John Hewit, D.D., late of St. Gregories London at the place of execution on Tower Hill, June 8, 1658 / taken by an impartial hand ; and the substance of his triall before the high court of justice, his letter to Dr. Wilde after sentence, his discourses and demeanor on the scaffold ; with an elegie on the said Dr. ; published for the satisfaction of his friends.	Hewit, John, 1614-1658.	1658 (1658)	Wing H1638; ESTC R43244	16,407	17

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